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  • Drupal variables to use when theming a node

    This article explains how you can use CCK variables to customise each of your nodes. You will need FTP access to your server and to know the basic workings of the CCK module.
    27 Feb
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  • Passing Node ID to a Block with Views

    Often in Drupal you may wish to have a block on your page and only show content based on the node you are currently viewing. This article shows you how to get around the tricky aspect of passing a Node ID as an argument, to output your display.
    01 Feb
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  • SEO Friendly URL's in Drupal

    This article is based on Drupal - the free open source content management system.
    28 Jan
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  • Improving Input Format's in Drupal

    You may have your website setup, so a user can simply sign up, create a piece of content, and then have it published immediately. An example of this is a Company Profile. To keep strict control of page stylings, you may want to force an Input Format upon the Company Profile. For example, a format that doesn't allow <span> tags or even depricated HTML attributes, such as, "bgcolor" and "color".
    08 Jan
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  • 301 Redirect in Umbraco

    301 redirects are setup on sites that exist as seperate websites but have the same content. For example, the domain http://mydomain.com could also be viewed at a webhosting address such as, http://wehosting.mydomain.com. Google would penalise you for this as the same content exists at two seperate locations on the web.
    29 Dec
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  • CNAME and A Records

    When it comes to hosting and configuring domains, there are a lot of questions often arise. Should I enter an A record for my domani? Or should I use a CNAME value? This article gives an overview of what you need in what circumstances.
    13 Dec
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  • Upgrading Joomla from 1.5.x to 1.5.x

    This article gives you instructions on how to upgrade your current Joomla installation to the latest version. You will need FTP access to your webserver in order to upgrade your installation.
    02 Dec
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  • Edit allowed HTML attributes in TinyMCE

    This article shows you how to edit the configuration for TinyMCE in an Umbraco installation. If you are trying to add specific HTML attributes to elements, but find they are being stripped out, then follow this article to help resolve the issue.
    02 Dec
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  • Determine if user is viewing the frontpage in Joomla

    If you want to display something specific on the homepage of your Joomla website, then you can use a snippet of PHP code which goes directly into your index.php file that sits in your theme folder. If you are using the Beez theme, then your index.php file is located in /templates/beez/index.php.
    23 Nov
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  • Increase the PHP memory limit

    This article will show you how to increase the PHP memory limit on your server. You will need to do this if you encounter errors that look similar to "Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 8388608 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 163569 bytes)". To solve this, you will need access to your .htaccess file that lies in the root of your web directory.
    08 Nov
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